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1/Following great stories by @jennymedina and @mannyNYT, sharing some of what I saw on election night, most of which I spent with Mexican-American Republicans in the Rio Grande Valley (Cameron and Hidalgo counties) w/ @IlanaPL on the đ¸.
2/I had seen on social media before I arrived that Trump trains were happening locally and I was curious to see if he had gained meaningful ground (You know by now that Hillary won there in 2016 by 33 and 41 percentage points respectively.) ex:
3/I also wanted to see what it was like, in a red state allegedly turning purple, to be in a blue region that may have been moving in the opposite direction.
4/Aside from Twitter, it was hard to find coverage of the Trump trains (which, according to locals, had been going on every weekend for at least a month, with hundreds involved) or of growing local enthusiasm for Trump.
5/Late morning, I spoke to @MorganGrahamGOP, the first Latina head of the Cameron County Republicans, who expected modest but meaningful gains. âI donât think heâs going to break 40%, but mid-high 30s. That doesnât seem like a lot to folks,â she said, but in the RGV, it was.
2/I had seen on social media before I arrived that Trump trains were happening locally and I was curious to see if he had gained meaningful ground (You know by now that Hillary won there in 2016 by 33 and 41 percentage points respectively.) ex:
This is the RGV where my wife Debbie (@debber66) grew up. it\u2019s the bluest part of Texas and mostly Hispanic. She never thought she would see the day! #Maga2020 #RGV https://t.co/ziPTmgjhWB
— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) November 3, 2020
3/I also wanted to see what it was like, in a red state allegedly turning purple, to be in a blue region that may have been moving in the opposite direction.
4/Aside from Twitter, it was hard to find coverage of the Trump trains (which, according to locals, had been going on every weekend for at least a month, with hundreds involved) or of growing local enthusiasm for Trump.
5/Late morning, I spoke to @MorganGrahamGOP, the first Latina head of the Cameron County Republicans, who expected modest but meaningful gains. âI donât think heâs going to break 40%, but mid-high 30s. That doesnât seem like a lot to folks,â she said, but in the RGV, it was.
He wouldn't be the first to follow along that path. Eric Goldman was seen as Dad's successor as WH professor-in-residence; @JeffShesol joined Clinton's staff after his book on RFK & LBJ caught the president's eye.
Meacham would also follow an even richer history of former journalists writing for presidents. Raymond Moley wrote for FDR even as he edited the magazine that became Newsweek (which Meacham himself later led). 2/
FDR's call for "bold persistent experimentation" came from a reporter's writing a speech for him in 1932 basically on a dare. 3/
Emmet Hughes helped Eisenhower while still a Time/Life employee. 4/
Ray Price and Pat Buchanan both came from newspaper backgrounds, as editorial writers. 5/
Interesting: Biden's first speech as president-elect was written by Jon Meachem, the historian who also coined the "soul of America" message Biden has deployed.
— Gabe Fleisher (@WakeUp2Politics) November 9, 2020
Shades of presidential historian-turned-adviser Arthur Schlesinger, as @anniekarni notes. https://t.co/bPtJksr42h
Meacham would also follow an even richer history of former journalists writing for presidents. Raymond Moley wrote for FDR even as he edited the magazine that became Newsweek (which Meacham himself later led). 2/
FDR's call for "bold persistent experimentation" came from a reporter's writing a speech for him in 1932 basically on a dare. 3/
Emmet Hughes helped Eisenhower while still a Time/Life employee. 4/
Ray Price and Pat Buchanan both came from newspaper backgrounds, as editorial writers. 5/
The Most Fascist Things Donald Trump Has Done; A Thread PART TWO!
(Part One:
("Fascism," explained roughly via tweet = racism + ultra-nationalism + sexism + attacks on human rights, the media, & unions + obsessions w/ national security & law & order + near-religious fervor for charismatic leader + cronyism + corruption + election fraud.)
23) Trump hires white supremacist Stephen Miller to write his immigration
24) Trump hires white supremacist Steve Bannon as his 2016 campaign manager.
(Part One:
The Most Fascist Things Donald Trump Has Done; A Thread PART ONE! pic.twitter.com/5SPApcXcS4
— Antifa International (@antifaintl) October 5, 2020
("Fascism," explained roughly via tweet = racism + ultra-nationalism + sexism + attacks on human rights, the media, & unions + obsessions w/ national security & law & order + near-religious fervor for charismatic leader + cronyism + corruption + election fraud.)
23) Trump hires white supremacist Stephen Miller to write his immigration
24) Trump hires white supremacist Steve Bannon as his 2016 campaign manager.
While Iâm surprised to see someone who slapped his name on a Chicago skyscraper say âIllinois has no place to go,â I want to offer @realDonaldTrump five exciting places to go in the great state of Illinois.
First thing's first, enjoy a Chicago classic at the one and only @TheWienerCircle. They have real hot dogs and real talk â all for the price of one.
If you want to get out of town, take the @Amtrak from Union Station all the way to Quincy, Alton or Carbondale. You might even run into @JoeBiden, who actually rides @Amtrak.
Things donât seem to be going your way so you may need to scream into a canyon, Starved Rock State Park has more than 13 miles of trail that are open all year long. https://t.co/EaSIggAqjB
Looking for what real presidential leadership looks like? Visit our capital city of Springfield to see Honest Abeâs home, an adjective that will never be used to describe you.
Illinois has no place to go. Sad, isn\u2019t it? Vote Trump!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 12, 2020
First thing's first, enjoy a Chicago classic at the one and only @TheWienerCircle. They have real hot dogs and real talk â all for the price of one.
Take the test @TheWienerCircle #CognitiveDecline #CognitiveTest #trump pic.twitter.com/CR5wX5ZJI2
— The Wieners Circle (@TheWienerCircle) July 23, 2020
If you want to get out of town, take the @Amtrak from Union Station all the way to Quincy, Alton or Carbondale. You might even run into @JoeBiden, who actually rides @Amtrak.
Things donât seem to be going your way so you may need to scream into a canyon, Starved Rock State Park has more than 13 miles of trail that are open all year long. https://t.co/EaSIggAqjB
Looking for what real presidential leadership looks like? Visit our capital city of Springfield to see Honest Abeâs home, an adjective that will never be used to describe you.
